Malaria risk factors in North West Tanzania: the effect of spraying, nets and wealth.

Malaria prevalence remains high in many African countries despite massive scaling-up of insecticide treated nets (ITN) and indoor residual spraying (IRS). This paper evaluates the protective effect of pyrethroid IRS and ITNs in relation to risk factors for malaria based on a study conducted in North...

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Main Authors: Philippa A West, Natacha Protopopoff, Mark Rowland, Emma Cumming, Alison Rand, Chris Drakeley, Alexandra Wright, Zuhura Kivaju, Matthew J Kirby, Franklin W Mosha, William Kisinza, Immo Kleinschmidt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3676352?pdf=render